NEW YORK, NY. (THECOUNT) — Graham Chase Robinson is the woman claiming her boss, Robert De Niro, for years, subjected her to “gratuitous unwanted physical contact,” according to a recent suit filed in federal court.
Robinson also charges the Raging Bull actor hurled “sexually-charged comments to her” when she worked at his production company, Canal Productions Inc.
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De Niro routinely subjected his longtime employee to creepy and abusive behavior, including leaving her voicemails threatening “you’re f—ing history,” an explosive new lawsuit charges, reports PageSix.
Robinson’s allegations against the “Taxi Driver” star are levied in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Manhattan federal court for gender discrimination and wage violations.
“Robert De Niro is someone who has clung to old mores. He does not accept the idea that men should treat women as equals,” the suit says. “He does not care that gender discrimination in the workplace violates the law. Ms. Robinson is a casualty of this attitude.”
She claims De Niro treated her as his “office wife” and made her do “stereotypically female duties, like housework” while underpaying her and denying her overtime.
The actor also allegedly “urinated during telephone calls” with Robinson and would greet her wearing only his “pajamas or a bathrobe,” the suit says.
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